NHL & WHA Single Season Playoff Leaders and Records for Points Per Game
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | PTS/G | Year |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Wayne Gretzky* | 2.611 | 1985 |
2. | Newsy Lalonde* | 2.600 | 1919 |
  | Dennis Maruk | 2.600 | 1986 |
4. | Wayne Gretzky* | 2.400 | 1982 |
5. | Wayne Gretzky* | 2.375 | 1983 |
6. | Darryl Sittler* | 2.333 | 1977 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 2.333 | 1981 |
8. | Mario Lemieux* | 2.267 | 1992 |
9. | Wayne Gretzky* | 2.263 | 1988 |
10. | Connor McDavid | 2.063 | 2022 |
11. | Paul Coffey* | 2.056 | 1985 |
12. | Toe Blake* | 2.000 | 1944 |
  | Bobby Hull* | 2.000 | 1963 |
  | Peter Šťastný* | 2.000 | 1981 |
  | Ken Linseman | 2.000 | 1985 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 2.000 | 1989 |
  | Theo Fleury | 2.000 | 1993 |
  | Theo Fleury | 2.000 | 1995 |
  | Leon Draisaitl | 2.000 | 2022 |
20. | Mike Bossy* | 1.944 | 1981 |
21. | Rick Middleton | 1.941 | 1983 |
22. | Denis Savard* | 1.933 | 1985 |
23. | Phil Esposito* | 1.929 | 1970 |
24. | Mario Lemieux* | 1.913 | 1991 |
25. | Jean Béliveau* | 1.900 | 1956 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.900 | 1986 |
27. | Maurice Richard* | 1.889 | 1944 |
  | Elmer Lach* | 1.889 | 1946 |
  | Lanny McDonald* | 1.889 | 1977 |
30. | Barry Pederson | 1.882 | 1983 |
31. | Guy Lafleur* | 1.857 | 1977 |
  | Doug Weight | 1.857 | 2003 |
33. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.842 | 1984 |
34. | Gordie Howe* | 1.818 | 1955 |
35. | Bernie Geoffrion* | 1.800 | 1957 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 1.800 | 1969 |
  | Bernie Federko* | 1.800 | 1982 |
  | Joe Mullen* | 1.800 | 1982 |
39. | Mark Messier* | 1.789 | 1988 |
40. | Patrik Eliáš | 1.778 | 2006 |
41. | Stan Mikita* | 1.750 | 1962 |
  | Brett Hull* | 1.750 | 1990 |
  | Dale Hawerchuk* | 1.750 | 1993 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 1.750 | 2018 |
  | Jake Guentzel | 1.750 | 2018 |
46. | Ted Lindsay* | 1.727 | 1955 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 1.727 | 1975 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 1.727 | 1989 |
49. | Jari Kurri* | 1.722 | 1985 |
50. | Bobby Orr* | 1.714 | 1971 |
  | Mark Messier* | 1.714 | 1989 |
  | Pat LaFontaine* | 1.714 | 1993 |
  | Mark Stone | 1.714 | 2019 |
54. | Doug Gilmour* | 1.700 | 1988 |
  | Claude Giroux | 1.700 | 2012 |
56. | Gilbert Perreault* | 1.667 | 1973 |
  | Ken Linseman | 1.667 | 1981 |
  | John Tucker | 1.667 | 1988 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 1.667 | 1989 |
  | Joe Nieuwendyk* | 1.667 | 1990 |
  | Doug Gilmour* | 1.667 | 1993 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.667 | 1993 |
  | David Pastrňák | 1.667 | 2018 |
  | Nathan MacKinnon | 1.667 | 2020 |
  | Jonathan Huberdeau | 1.667 | 2021 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 1.667 | 2022 |
  | Connor McDavid | 1.667 | 2023 |
68. | Bernie Federko* | 1.636 | 1981 |
  | Barry Pederson | 1.636 | 1982 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 1.636 | 1993 |
71. | Jari Kurri* | 1.632 | 1988 |
72. | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.619 | 1987 |
73. | Bryan Trottier* | 1.611 | 1981 |
74. | Phil Esposito* | 1.600 | 1972 |
  | Bobby Orr* | 1.600 | 1972 |
76. | Fleming Mackell | 1.583 | 1958 |
  | Ron Francis* | 1.583 | 1995 |
78. | Pat LaFontaine* | 1.571 | 1992 |
  | Mike Ridley | 1.571 | 1992 |
  | Paul Coffey* | 1.571 | 1993 |
  | Peter Forsberg* | 1.571 | 1998 |
  | Max Pacioretty | 1.571 | 2019 |
  | Brad Marchand | 1.571 | 2022 |
84. | Ted Kennedy* | 1.556 | 1948 |
  | Marcel Dionne* | 1.556 | 1977 |
  | Tony McKegney | 1.556 | 1985 |
  | Doug Gilmour* | 1.556 | 1994 |
88. | Dickie Moore* | 1.545 | 1959 |
  | Paul Reinhart | 1.545 | 1984 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 1.545 | 1996 |
91. | Adam Oates* | 1.538 | 1991 |
92. | Steve Payne | 1.526 | 1981 |
  | Bryan Trottier* | 1.526 | 1982 |
94. | Maurice Richard* | 1.500 | 1958 |
  | Bernie Geoffrion* | 1.500 | 1960 |
  | Henri Richard* | 1.500 | 1960 |
  | Dennis Hull | 1.500 | 1973 |
  | Reggie Leach | 1.500 | 1976 |
  | Gilbert Perreault* | 1.500 | 1980 |
  | Gilbert Perreault* | 1.500 | 1981 |
  | Peter Šťastný* | 1.500 | 1982 |
  | Petr Klíma | 1.500 | 1988 |
  | Stéphane Richer | 1.500 | 1988 |
  | Joe Murphy | 1.500 | 1992 |
  | Mario Lemieux* | 1.500 | 1996 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 1.500 | 2008 |
  | Evgeni Malkin | 1.500 | 2009 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 1.500 | 2009 |
  | Johan Franzén | 1.500 | 2010 |
  | Sebastian Aho | 1.500 | 2020 |
  | Nathan MacKinnon | 1.500 | 2021 |
  | Leon Draisaitl | 1.500 | 2023 |
113. | Brian Leetch* | 1.478 | 1994 |
114. | Jari Kurri* | 1.474 | 1984 |
115. | Yvan Cournoyer* | 1.471 | 1973 |
  | Joe Sakic* | 1.471 | 1997 |
117. | Steve Larmer | 1.467 | 1985 |
118. | Denis Potvin* | 1.462 | 1976 |
  | Brett Hull* | 1.462 | 1991 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 1.462 | 2010 |
121. | Gordie Howe* | 1.455 | 1963 |
  | Norm Ullman* | 1.455 | 1963 |
  | Pete Mahovlich | 1.455 | 1975 |
  | Tony Currie | 1.455 | 1981 |
  | Bernie Nicholls | 1.455 | 1989 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 1.455 | 2000 |
  | Patrice Bergeron | 1.455 | 2018 |
128. | Cale Makar | 1.450 | 2022 |
129. | Elmer Lach* | 1.444 | 1944 |
  | Toe Blake* | 1.444 | 1946 |
  | Mike Murphy | 1.444 | 1977 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 1.444 | 1985 |
  | Jamie Langenbrunner | 1.444 | 2006 |
134. | Guy Lafleur* | 1.438 | 1979 |
  | Jacques Lemaire* | 1.438 | 1979 |
  | Mike Bossy* | 1.438 | 1980 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 1.438 | 1983 |
138. | Brayden Point | 1.435 | 2020 |
139. | Norm Ullman* | 1.429 | 1965 |
  | Earl Ingarfield | 1.429 | 1969 |
  | Bobby Orr* | 1.429 | 1970 |
  | Phil Esposito* | 1.429 | 1971 |
  | Doug Wilson* | 1.429 | 1980 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.429 | 1990 |
  | Peter Šťastný* | 1.429 | 1992 |
  | Alexander Mogilny | 1.429 | 1993 |
  | Theo Fleury | 1.429 | 1994 |
  | Jochen Hecht | 1.429 | 2000 |
  | Alex Ovechkin | 1.429 | 2010 |
  | Mike Cammalleri | 1.429 | 2011 |
  | Nathan MacKinnon | 1.429 | 2014 |
  | Paul Stastny | 1.429 | 2014 |
  | Jake Guentzel | 1.429 | 2022 |
  | Tyler Bertuzzi | 1.429 | 2023 |
  | Brad Marchand | 1.429 | 2023 |
  | Mikko Rantanen | 1.429 | 2023 |
157. | Mike Bossy* | 1.421 | 1982 |
  | Esa Tikkanen | 1.421 | 1988 |
159. | Don McKenney | 1.417 | 1958 |
  | Tim Young | 1.417 | 1981 |
  | Mark Recchi* | 1.417 | 1991 |
  | Ron Francis* | 1.417 | 1993 |
  | Brad Marchand | 1.417 | 2018 |
  | Evan Bouchard | 1.417 | 2023 |
165. | Sergei Fedorov* | 1.412 | 1995 |
166. | Al MacInnis* | 1.409 | 1989 |
  | Mark Messier* | 1.409 | 1990 |
  | Craig Simpson | 1.409 | 1990 |
169. | Carl Liscombe | 1.400 | 1943 |
  | Bernie Geoffrion* | 1.400 | 1956 |
  | Bert Olmstead* | 1.400 | 1956 |
  | Maurice Richard* | 1.400 | 1956 |
  | Guy Lafleur* | 1.400 | 1978 |
  | Larry Robinson* | 1.400 | 1978 |
  | Peter McNab | 1.400 | 1980 |
  | Brian Sutter | 1.400 | 1982 |
  | Bob Bourne | 1.400 | 1983 |
  | Mark Messier* | 1.400 | 1983 |
  | Steve Thomas | 1.400 | 1986 |
  | Brian Leetch* | 1.400 | 1995 |
  | Jason Spezza | 1.400 | 2006 |
  | Mikko Rantanen | 1.400 | 2020 |
183. | Nikita Kucherov | 1.391 | 2021 |
184. | Bobby Hull* | 1.389 | 1971 |
  | Denis Potvin* | 1.389 | 1981 |
  | Mark Messier* | 1.389 | 1985 |
187. | Ryan Getzlaf | 1.385 | 2009 |
188. | Bryan Trottier* | 1.381 | 1980 |
189. | Bobby Hull* | 1.375 | 1970 |
  | Dino Ciccarelli* | 1.375 | 1990 |
  | Kevin Stevens | 1.375 | 1991 |
  | Tim Connolly | 1.375 | 2006 |
193. | Mike Bossy* | 1.368 | 1983 |
  | Mark Messier* | 1.368 | 1984 |
  | Eric Lindros* | 1.368 | 1997 |
196. | Alex Delvecchio* | 1.364 | 1955 |
  | Marcel Bonin | 1.364 | 1959 |
  | Gordie Howe* | 1.364 | 1961 |
  | Rick Middleton | 1.364 | 1982 |
  | Paul Coffey* | 1.364 | 1989 |
  | Pavel Datsyuk | 1.364 | 2011 |
  | David Pastrňák | 1.364 | 2021 |
203. | Nikita Kucherov | 1.360 | 2020 |
204. | Gordie Howe* | 1.357 | 1964 |
  | Johnny Bucyk* | 1.357 | 1970 |
  | Jacques Lemaire* | 1.357 | 1977 |
  | Rick Tocchet | 1.357 | 1992 |
208. | Frank Mahovlich* | 1.353 | 1973 |
  | Ray Bourque* | 1.353 | 1983 |
  | Claude Lemieux | 1.353 | 1997 |
211. | Frank Mahovlich* | 1.350 | 1971 |
  | Peter Forsberg* | 1.350 | 2002 |
  | Sidney Crosby | 1.350 | 2008 |
214. | Doug Bentley* | 1.333 | 1944 |
  | Clint Smith* | 1.333 | 1944 |
  | Tim Horton* | 1.333 | 1962 |
  | Johnny Bucyk* | 1.333 | 1972 |
  | Stan Mikita* | 1.333 | 1973 |
  | Jean Ratelle* | 1.333 | 1976 |
  | Butch Goring | 1.333 | 1977 |
  | Rick MacLeish | 1.333 | 1978 |
  | Brad Park* | 1.333 | 1978 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 1.333 | 1981 |
  | Bill Barber* | 1.333 | 1981 |
  | Jari Kurri* | 1.333 | 1981 |
  | Anders Hedberg | 1.333 | 1983 |
  | Kent Nilsson | 1.333 | 1983 |
  | Mike Gartner* | 1.333 | 1986 |
  | Mark Messier* | 1.333 | 1987 |
  | Cam Neely* | 1.333 | 1990 |
  | Luc Robitaille* | 1.333 | 1991 |
  | Kevin Stevens | 1.333 | 1992 |
  | Kevin Stevens | 1.333 | 1993 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.333 | 1997 |
  | Jaromír Jágr | 1.333 | 1999 |
  | Jan Hrdina | 1.333 | 2000 |
  | Evgeny Kuznetsov | 1.333 | 2018 |
238. | Jonathan Toews | 1.318 | 2010 |
239. | Bobby Smith | 1.316 | 1981 |
  | Glenn Anderson* | 1.316 | 1988 |
  | Tim Kerr | 1.316 | 1989 |
  | Ray Bourque* | 1.316 | 1991 |
243. | Bob Probert | 1.313 | 1988 |
244. | Guy Lafleur* | 1.308 | 1976 |
  | Denis Savard* | 1.308 | 1983 |
246. | Mark Messier* | 1.304 | 1994 |
  | Daniel Brière | 1.304 | 2010 |
248. | Gordie Drillon* | 1.300 | 1939 |
  | Sid Abel* | 1.300 | 1943 |
  | Bob Dailey | 1.300 | 1977 |
  | Rick MacLeish | 1.300 | 1977 |
  | Daryl Evans | 1.300 | 1982 |
  | John Anderson | 1.300 | 1986 |
  | Kevin Dineen | 1.300 | 1986 |
  | Dale Hawerchuk* | 1.300 | 1987 |
  | Craig Janney | 1.300 | 1989 |
  | Mark Messier* | 1.300 | 1995 |
  | Steve Yzerman* | 1.300 | 1999 |
  | Martin Havlát | 1.300 | 2006 |
  | Michael Nylander | 1.300 | 2007 |
  | Marián Hossa* | 1.300 | 2008 |
  | Gabriel Landeskog | 1.300 | 2021 |
  | Mikko Rantanen | 1.300 | 2021 |
WHA Leaders
Rank | Player | PTS/G | Year |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Serge Bernier | 2.118 | 1977 |
2. | Norm Beaudin | 2.000 | 1973 |
  | Ulf Nilsson | 2.000 | 1976 |
4. | Gavin Kirk | 1.833 | 1975 |
5. | Bobby Hull* | 1.786 | 1973 |
6. | Reg Thomas | 1.778 | 1977 |
7. | Tom Webster | 1.733 | 1973 |
8. | Mark Howe* | 1.692 | 1975 |
9. | Anders Hedberg | 1.667 | 1978 |
  | Blair MacDonald | 1.667 | 1977 |
11. | Larry Lund | 1.643 | 1974 |
12. | Mike Walton | 1.636 | 1974 |
13. | Terry Ruskowski | 1.625 | 1979 |
14. | Réal Cloutier | 1.600 | 1978 |
15. | Réal Cloutier | 1.588 | 1977 |
16. | Ulf Nilsson | 1.556 | 1978 |
17. | Terry Ruskowski | 1.545 | 1977 |
18. | Bobby Hull* | 1.538 | 1976 |
  | Wayne Gretzky* | 1.538 | 1979 |
  | Gordie Howe* | 1.538 | 1975 |
21. | Tim Sheehy | 1.533 | 1973 |
22. | Morris Lukowich | 1.500 | 1979 |
  | Willy Lindström | 1.500 | 1979 |
24. | Anders Hedberg | 1.462 | 1976 |
  | Ron Chipperfield | 1.462 | 1979 |
26. | Anders Hedberg | 1.450 | 1977 |
27. | Bobby Guindon | 1.444 | 1978 |
28. | Mike Walton | 1.417 | 1975 |
29. | Marc Tardif | 1.400 | 1975 |
  | Peter Sullivan | 1.400 | 1979 |
  | Ray Adduono | 1.400 | 1975 |
  | Kent Nilsson | 1.400 | 1979 |
33. | Blair MacDonald | 1.385 | 1979 |
  | Larry Lund | 1.385 | 1975 |
35. | Marc Tardif | 1.364 | 1978 |
36. | Mark Howe* | 1.357 | 1974 |
37. | Ulf Nilsson | 1.350 | 1977 |
38. | Lyle Moffat | 1.333 | 1978 |
  | Fran Huck | 1.333 | 1975 |
40. | Paulin Bordeleau | 1.313 | 1977 |
41. | Gordie Howe* | 1.308 | 1974 |
42. | Rich Preston | 1.300 | 1979 |
43. | Serge Bernier | 1.273 | 1978 |
  | Mark Howe* | 1.273 | 1977 |
45. | Jim Dorey | 1.267 | 1973 |
  | Larry Pleau | 1.267 | 1973 |
47. | Terry Caffery | 1.250 | 1973 |
48. | Bobby Hull* | 1.222 | 1978 |
  | Jim Wiste | 1.222 | 1973 |
  | Gerry Pinder | 1.222 | 1973 |
  | Gary Jarrett | 1.222 | 1973 |
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